Diseased #Comicsgate - The Culture Wars Hit The Funny Books!

Found some more details, apparently the whole Jawbreakers and kicking the RealComicBookGamer dude out of the store might have been a publicity stunt to garner interest in the store and increase sales from the "right" type of customers. Seems VariantEdmonton is also feeling the pressure of the free market, they're selling cookbooks in their store now.

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If this is correct, they shit themselves virtue signalling and caused their store to close down by turning away customers. How fucking exceptional is that?
 
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More details, Subspace Comics is taking over MMC’s subscriptions:
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http://subspacecomics.com/
https://www.facebook.com/subspacecomicswa/
https://twitter.com/subspacecomics
 
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Sissy Galvez said:
Wow, what if social justice tards have no money to their name and just reeeee and virtue signal all day on twitter? Maybe it’s a bad idea to cater to these types vs people who work and have disposable income??
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When do you think they’ll realize that pandering to SJWs is a thing you should say you do (to keep them off you) and not actually do (to keep your customers)?
 
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Sissy Galvez said:
Maybe it’s a good idea to not pander to any specific group or virtue signal at the door and just sell shit to everyone and anyone?

Seems like a better business model to me.
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You just caused a suicide because you think Steve Rogers is better than representation. Captain America should be a chubby illegal immigrant single mother of five lesbian daughters.
 
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From my own observation, comic shops are one of the least stable businesses out there. They generally don't survive long unless they have some other draw like regularly hosting Magic or D&D, and even then it can be a volatile market. In my hometown we probably had four or five dedicated comic shops over the years, and none lasted more than two or three years.

So yeah, antagonizing potential customers and trying to serve a sub-niche of an already small market probably isn't the best idea if you want to stay afloat.
 
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From my own observation, comic shops are one of the least stable businesses out there. They generally don't survive long unless they have some other draw like regularly hosting Magic or D&D, and even then it can be a volatile market. In my hometown we probably had four or five dedicated comic shops over the years, and none lasted more than two or three years.

So yeah, antagonizing potential customers and trying to serve a sub-niche of an already small market probably isn't the best idea if you want to stay afloat.
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They smell of death, loneliness, and rotting pizza crust.
 
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The Shadow said:
From my own observation, comic shops are one of the least stable businesses out there. They generally don't survive long unless they have some other draw like regularly hosting Magic or D&D, and even then it can be a volatile market. In my hometown we probably had four or five dedicated comic shops over the years, and none lasted more than two or three years.

So yeah, antagonizing potential customers and trying to serve a sub-niche of an already small market probably isn't the best idea if you want to stay afloat.
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Comic shops are a retail business with extremely low barriers of entry. This is often not really a good thing for a business as it means it is attractive to people without the proper experience, expectations apitalizatiin or skill sets to actually run a business. This is compounded by its roller coaster nature and exceptionally high risk and failure rate. Their are comic shops operated by skilled experienced teams or owners that have thrived for decades and still do well today. But they are getting rarer. Most comic shops are opened on the backs of a few thousand dollars savings and the owners Credit Cards. 2-3 years is the expected life expectancy for such an endeavor.
 
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I'm not one to celebrate the loss of a lcs, but man if the shadenfreude isn't strong as fuck with this closure

Considering they needed a gofundme to even move I'm not surprised it was circling the drain financially.
 
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The Shadow said:
From my own observation, comic shops are one of the least stable businesses out there. They generally don't survive long unless they have some other draw like regularly hosting Magic or D&D, and even then it can be a volatile market. In my hometown we probably had four or five dedicated comic shops over the years, and none lasted more than two or three years.

So yeah, antagonizing potential customers and trying to serve a sub-niche of an already small market probably isn't the best idea if you want to stay afloat.
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There's one in my neck of the woods that has survived for 10+ years despite the owner having less business sense than an eight year old running a lemonade stand.

His store's continued existence is attributed to a core of solid supporters/customers, being both a gaming AND a comic store, and (to his credit) he doesn't discriminate; to quote the meme from Skyrim, khajit has wares if you have coin.

But yeah, comic stores are generally niche, and most (wisely) branch out to increase their cash flow.
 
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